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start with 'Oracle Design' from O'Reilly' by Ensor & Stevenson. This small
book covers application development with design on Oracle in particular.
-- Best Regards, Kai Yuen Kiang MIS Analyst Cytech Technology Ltd. Tel: (852) 2378-2225 Fax: (852) 2375-7700 http://www.cytecht.com "Justin" <dontbother_at_fake.com> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó news:VSWc8.16860$I01.1887772_at_news20.bellglobal.com...Received on Wed Feb 20 2002 - 21:51:15 CST
> Hi, there,
>
> I'm thinking about become a database developer (for enterprise, if
> possible, with EAI), probably Oracle is the only reasonable choice (?). I
am
> a Java programmer, been using Oracle as back end. But havn't poke around
it
> much. So basiclly I'm a kind of beginner for Oracle development.
> What book would you recommand that can get me a database developer job
3
> months down the road (not right now, of course, besides, I need time to
> read).
> I've heard "Expert one on one" is pretty good, tom kyte is smart, but
I
> don't think it fits me at this stage. I need to learn a wide range of
stuff,
> not too deep. Is anyone have opinion on "Oracle 8i Enterprise
Development",
> it seems fit my situation, covers a lot of concepts and tools in a single
> book.
> What's your opinion on 8i vs 9i, should I start off with 9i?
> I know this is Oracle group, but I still want to ask: Should I spend
time
> on other database development, i.e. DB2 and SQL server (I dislike M$,
BTW).
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Justin
>
>